“No, not at all,” Shepardson said this week, not long after a shutout by teammate Tyler Baumeister and Godlewski’s no-hitter had extended the Mounties’ scoreless streak to 17 innings.

“It was a cold day. It was tough to throw hard. And that literally was the first day we had been outside this year. I was actually happy with the way Luke threw the ball.”

Not quite as happy, of course, as the big right-hander was Monday night, when Godlewski’s no-hitter beat Mohawk 7-0 in the Mounties’ Center State Conference Division II opener at Veterans Memorial Park.

In his second start, the 6-foot-4, 185-pound Godlewski rebounded in a big way, striking out 16 and walking two.

“There was nothing to be mad about,” he said of last week’s opening-day loss at New Hartford.

“That was our first time on the field, and with the weather, I wasn’t really that comfortable.

“On Monday, it wasn’t freezing. I was throwing hard and hitting my spots. … It really felt good. I was pumped.”

Godlewski’s no-hit gem followed another great outing by Baumeister, whose two-hitter and 10 strikeouts led Little Falls to a 4-0 win over Adirondack.

That was the first varsity start for Baumeister, the Mounties’ leading hitter last year – he batted .360 with 29 RBIs – when they reached the Section III Class C-1 final. They finished 17-6 overall, including a 17-inning playoff win over Sauquoit Valley that took over two days to finish.

Godlewski pitched into the sixth inning of a marathon that was suspended by darkness, and he returned the following day to get the win. As a junior, he was 4-3 with a 1.63 ERA and 94 strikeouts in 55 1/3 innings.

Godlewski plans to pitch at Herkimer County Community College next season. HCCC head coach Jason Rathbun, a former star pitcher at Little Falls, already has clocked Godlkewski’s fastball at 86 mph.

Rathbun, however, believes Godlewski’s best is yet to come.

“We’re very high on him,” Rathbun said. “He definitely has a lot of potential. When he’s done (at HCCC) after two years, I feel he will be up in that 90-mile-per-hour range.

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“He’s got that prototypical pitcher’s body. He’s big and tall, but not too wiry, and he’s strong. When you are that long, the ball tends to jump on you. He’s got that good frame and a good fastball, and he’s pitched in some pretty big games as a young kid.”